Mowet attachment.



No. 671,238. Patented Apr. 2, 190|.

W. A. SANDER. mowEnATTAcHmENT.

(No Model.) (Application med Oct. 22, 1900.)

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WILLIAM A. SANDER, E JACKSON, MISSOURI.

IVIOWER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,238, dated April 2,1901.

Application filed Getober 22, 1900. Serial No. 33,886. V(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, VILLIAM AUGUST SAN- DER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jackson, in the count-y ofCape Girardean andState of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Mower Attachment, ofwhich the following` is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to swath-cleaning attachments to mowing-machines.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a divide bar or armdetachably connected to the outer shoe aud slide of the machine andconstructed to extend-upward and forward from the shoe and slide. Thepurpose of this oar or arm is to divide hay, clover, or other grasses,and especially tangled grasses and stock-peas, the said divide -barserving to guide the material to be cut down to the cutting-surface ofthe sickle, thereby making a smooth clean swath.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accom panyiug,` d rawinns, forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the sicklesection of a mower and aperspective View of the attachmentapplied to the machine. Fig. 2 is anouter face View of the outer shoe and slide and an outer side elevationof the attachment, parts of the attachment being broken away; and Fig. 3is a perspective view of the lower part of the attachment.

A represents the outer shoe of the sicklebar of a mowing-machine. Brepresents the slide attached to the outer shoe, C the sickle, and D theknives of the sickle. The slide B is provided with the usual hook B,adapted to enter a recess in the shoe A.

The attachment is in the form of a divide bar or arm and comprises afoot-section and a body-section 11, the two sections being preferablyintegral. The forward end of the foot-section is curved upward and meetsthe correspondingly-curved lower portion of the body-section, and 'thebody-section is continued upward and forward. Where the body and thefoot sections of the divide-bar join,

a pocket 12 is formed in the upper surface of the divide-bar, as isparticularly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and at the rear end portion of thefoot-section of the divide-bar an aperture 13 is produced. Thefoot-section ofthe divide-bar is preferably flat, while the body portionis more or less circular in cross-section.

When the attachment is to be applied, the nose or forward point 14 ofthe outer shoe is received in the pocket 12 of the attachment, and abolt 15 is passed through the aperture 13 in the footfsection of thedivide-bar and through the slide B, the bolthaviirgr a Suitable nutapplied. It will be seen from Fig. 2 that the recess 12 is wider thanthe point 14, thus enabling the divide-bar 11 when free to swing uponthe said point as its pivot. The slide B is adjustably connected withthe slice A by a suitable adjustable device 16, allowing of the pivotalmovementabove mentionedwas, for instance, a bolt and nut secured to theshoe A and engaging a curved slot in a bar secured -to the slide B, thecenter of curvature of said slot being at the point 14. Vhere thedividebar connects with the point LL of the shoe A, the divide-barcurves over the upper edge of the shoe to meet the curve in the shoe atthat point, so that there is but little possibility of the graincatching on the attachment where it connects with the machine, and thefootsection of the said divide-bar constitutes a forward continuation ofthe slide B and protects the forward end of the shoe.

When the attachment is applied, it extends forward and upward somedistance from the sickle, and as the sickle advances the bodysection 11of the attachment enters the standing grain or grass to be cut anddivides the grass or grain in advance of the outer shoe A, and the bodyportion of the attachment likewise serves to incline the grain or grasswithin the swath at the right-hand side toward the knives, so that aperfect cut and a clean swath is obtained.

The attachment is especially usefuiwheu tangled hay or peahay is to beharvested. The attachment maybe applied to any form of mower. It iseasily attached and detached and renders an ordinary mower exceedingly'efficient in cutting all manner of grass and grain.

Having thus described my invention, I

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the point of the frame, taken on the same transverse vertical section,the said pointfitting into the socket, land an adjusting oonneotionbetween the divide-bar and the frame. In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILLIAM A. SANDER.

Witnesses: l WILLIAM H. MILLER,

JOSEPH W. WILLIAMS.

